Re: [Groff] Bug report: interaction between tbl and string variables

[Larry Kollar]

Ralph Corderoy wrote:

> It's something to do with tbl not correctly copying the whole string
> register name into the troff output.  ... [example deleted] ...
>
> Given tbl is a preprocessor and looks at the text you give to work out
> alignment, it's probably not surprising?  I suppose tbl's logic could
> become troff logic that was evaluated later, when the contents of  
> string
> registers are known.  This would be a change in behaviour though.

Thanks for the explanation, Ralph. While I still think it's a bug,  
these tables are common enough that they should probably have their  
own tags/macros anyway. Fortunately, it was a pretty simple addition.

-- Larry